March 24, 2022
Voices
- Astrophysicist Robert Rosner joined NewsNation Prime to explain situation at key Ukrainian nuclear plant
- Geophysical scientist Elisabeth Moyer joined NewsNation to discuss oil independence
- Assoc. Prof. David Miller comments, CERN bars Russia from new scientific collaborations, citing Ukraine war
- Asst. Prof. John Anderson comments on palladium shortage due to war in Ukraine
- Dean Olinto shares recollections of Prof. Eugene Parker with AP News
- Prof. Emeritus Michael Turner comments on the impact that Prof. Eugene Parker made on the field of astrophysics on CNN
- New York Times publishes obituary on Prof. Eugene Parker
- Bringing personal finance to the classroom for Generation Z
- Prof. Ian Foster comments, Supercomputer expert wins $1 million ‘Nobel Prize of computing’
- Prof. Michael Turner comments, Hubble telescope detects most distant star ever seen, near cosmic dawn
Research
- Scratching the surface: Regional research groups explore winter conditions of Green Bay, Great Lakes
- Could tiny devices made out of DNA treat cancer?
- James Webb Space Telescope will help assess atmospheres of strange 'sub-Neptunes'
- 196 lasers help scientists recreate the conditions inside gigantic galaxy clusters
- What's it like inside a massive galaxy cluster? Scientists used 196 lasers to find out
- New Data & Democracy Research Initiative launched at University of Chicago
- With the arrival of spring temps, ice coverage on Lake Michigan is likely to end up just below average this season
- Levitating plastic beads mimic the physics of spinning asteroids
- Scientists shave ‘hairs’ off nanocrystals to improve their electronic properties
Education and Community
- Prof. Wendy Freedman named speaker for UChicago’s 2022 Convocation celebration
- Prof. Norbert F. Scherer named Optica 2022 C.E.K. Mees Medal recipient
- Giant Magellan Telescope awards IDOM final design of its telescope enclosure
- Computer Science Prof. Fred Chong’s Super.tech start-up selected for $1.65M DOE Grant
- Argonne and DOE programs guide physics student Buduka Ogonor’s pathway into scientific career
- Fifth-year physics student wins MRSEC Science Slam
- Women’s History Month spotlight: Meteorologist Bernice Ackerman
- New assistant professor Rana Hanocka combines AI, 3D, and computer graphics
- Prof. Scott Snyder authors new edition of prominent organic chemistry text from Wiley
- Young-Kee Kim elected as a foreign member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
- Prof. Sidney Nagel is part of a new Gray Center exhibition
- James W. Truran, pioneer in nuclear astrophysics and beloved colleague, 1940-2022
- Data Science Institute part of $4.6M Mastercard grant to data.org Capacity Accelerator Network
- Prof. Scott Snyder, Dept. of Chemistry, receives 2022 Cottrell STAR Award from the Research Corporation
- AIP Oral History: Interview of Walter Massey by David Zierler
- Longtime Southland resident Eugene Parker, the first living person to have a NASA rocket named for him, remembered as ‘humble and kind’
- Junchen Jiang wins CAREER Award for machine learning to optimize video experience
- PSD alumna and students win ‘Science as Art’ contest
- Family Money Night helps families navigate financial concepts with their kids
- Incoming astronomy postdoctoral researcher selected for the Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowship